Few writers are as integrally bound to a place as Pablo Neruda was to
the landscape of Isla Negra on Chile's coast. From his arrival there in
the late 1930s to his death in 1973, Neruda captured Isla Negra in
images fundamental to an understanding of his work. It was, according to
Martin Espada, at Isla Negra where Neruda in the company of his muse,
walked alongside the source of his most lyrical inspiration, the
sea...and discovered a new way of seeing, as the ocean became a living
metaphor for the infinite riches of the world. The poems, selected from
three volumes of Neruda's work, are presented with photographs of Neruda
and his house in an attractive gift format.
Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, who died in 1973, remains one
of the most influential voices in world literature.